The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the global debt has risen to an all-time high of around $152 trillion, warning that this could trigger a new financial crisis. “At 225 percent of world GDP, the global debt …is currently at an all-time high. Two-thirds, amounting to about $100 trillion, consists of liabilities of the private […]
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously supported former Portuguese premier, Antonio Guterres, to be the next secretary general of the world body. During a closed-door meeting on Thursday, the 15-member council adopted a resolution formally recommending that the UN General Assembly appoint Guterres for a five-year term from January 1, 2017. The 67-year-old socialist politician […]
A document which will serve as a working tool for forests exploiters has been presented in Yaounde. The 58 page document makes public the prerequisites for forest exploitation throughout the national territory. According to the document every tree will be localised, identified and given a code before it is felled. The presentation ceremony was presided over by […]
Violent clashes have left eleven people dead in the Central African Republic’s (CAR) capital, Bangui, over the past days following the assassination of an army commander. “At this stage we think (the victims) are all civilians,” said Herve Verhoosel, the spokesman for the United Nations peacekeeping mission (MINUSCA) in the CAR on Thursday. “Fourteen people are […]
Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has dismissed as untrue accusations that government forces target hospitals and civilian infrastructure in the war-torn country, saying such actions run contrary to Damascus’ interests. Assad made the remarks in an interview with Denmark’s TV2 station, whose excerpts were released on Thursday. Some opposition groups and relief agencies have recently claimed that […]
The SDF Chairman has reportedly told the Rambler newspaper that Cameroon has good medical establishments just like Europe. “I want to tell Cameroonians that good medical institutions still exist in Cameroon that can deliver. I did not apply for any money to be excavated by anybody. The quality of medical work done by Mission Hospitals […]
Nigeria’s former national security adviser, held since December 2015 on fraud charges, should be released, a judge at the court of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ruled on Tuesday, saying his detention was unlawful and arbitrary. Sambo Dasuki has been accused of fraud involving $68 million of defence spending, part of a […]
A new poll shows US Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is leading her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, by 10 points in the run-up to the US 2016 presidential vote. According to the results of the Fairleigh Dickinson University survey released Wednesday, the former secretary of state has 50 points and the New York billionaire 40 percent […]
Doctors in Cameroon are donating blood at the Yaounde Central Hospital to help increase the amount of blood available in the blood banks. The four-day campaign which was launched today the 5th of October 2016 is an initiative of the Association of Medical Doctors in Cameroon, MEDICAMER. The Director General of the Yaounde Central Hospital, […]
The 13th Ordinary session of the Regional Commission for fishing in the Gulf of Guinea has opened in Yaounde with experts focussing on drafting a regional fishing project. The forum also aims at drawing up a manual for budgeting operations with the ultimate goal of stimulating growth within the sector. According to projections, the project […]
